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In Praise of Fat Books and Slow Reading

ncollins329 Wrote: Feb 07, 2013 9:05 AM

I, too, am a fan of 'fat books'. My daughter made the comment once that all my books are so big! And I, also, just finished Les Miserables. It's not difficult to remember the story or the message as it's slow reading, even to a voracious reader like me.

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In Praise of Fat Books and Slow Reading

I recently started Victor Hugo's novel "Les Miserables," which most people seem to prefer in movie or musical theater form if only because those take less time. You can get the story in under three hours instead of taking who knows how long to plow through the 1,232-page Penguin edition.

No, I'm not fishing for sympathy. Having this mountain of pages to climb gives me great peace of mind. I like starting books, and I like reading books. What I don't like is finishing books, and with "Les Miserables," that won't be a problem for a while.

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